Making Sense of Traffic Data
San Francisco — On the Internet, traffic is easily tracked. Google and Facebook have algorithms that know what users are searching for. Online retailers can monitor what shoppers are buying. Newspapers can see in real-time how many readers are viewing an article. The same hasn’t been true for traffic in the physical world, where data-gathering has been decidedly more low-tech. Want to know how many people are getting on at a certain...
New Fitness Center Opening in Former Esersky’s Hardware Site
Claremont — Those who preferred Twisted Fitness over the city’s community center for their workout needs and schedule will soon be able to join another private health club on Pleasant Street. Real Steel Fitness is planning to open its doors this spring in the storefront now occupied by Esersky’s Hardware, which is down the street from where Twisted Fitness operated until closing down last year. Esersky’s will be relocating. Former...
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Concord — New Hampshire driver’s licenses will continue to be acceptable identification for those boarding flights for at least five months, and if the Legislature changes state law, they will probably remain acceptable until each license expires. A recent New York Times article about the Department of Homeland Security growing impatient with states that haven’t gotten in line with the federal Real ID law, which sets certain standards...
Real Beards Make Santas More Money
This is a tale of two Santa Clauses: Real-beard Santa and fake-beard Santa. Pay attention. There is money at stake. Real-beard Santa said the heck with the sleigh and reindeer and flew by jet on an all-expenses-paid trip to Shenzhen, China, a couple of years ago. He collected $2,500, free room, free hotel meals, all for sitting in the five-star hotel’s Santa throne for an hour each evening. “That was a highlight,” said Ed Burgh, 68,...
Pizza Hut Joins 3 Other 12A Vacancies
West Lebanon — When the Pizza Hut in West Lebanon closed it doors suddenly last week, it joined at least three other prime commercial real estate locations along the Route 12A commercial strip that are looking for new tenants. The vacancies reflect the challenge of finding new tenants as both the retail and fast-food industries grapple with changes in consumer behavior, as well as financial pressures within the industries themselves,...
